Thursday, September 24, 2015

Crossover Cover: Dark Congress

Buffy
Summers, the Slayer, is recruited as the mediator of a gathering of
demons and monsters, the Dark Congress, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Providence was once the site of a Hellmouth that was closed by the
death of H. P. Lovecraft in 1937, something that makes Lovecraft a
figure of great disdain among the monsters. Among the creatures
present for the Congress are “shambling shuggoths” and a race of
tentacled demons called “Yurgoths.” The
“shuggoths” are likely shoggoths from the works of H. P.
Lovecraft, and the Yurgoth demons are clearly named in honor of
Yuggoth, another of Lovecraft’s creations. Furthermore, the closing
of a Hellmouth with Lovecraft’s death fits perfectly with
Lovecraft’s appearance in the Supernaturalepisode
“Let It Bleed.” This novel takes place after the final episode of
Buffy
the Vampire Slayer,
“Chosen,” but in a very different continuity from the official
Season 8 comics, which feature the public becoming aware of Slayers
and vampires, and which do not fit into CU continuity. This fact,
coupled with the Lovecraftian material, leads to the conclusion Dark
Congress details
the CU version of Buffy’s activities after “Chosen.”

1 comment:

Christopher Golden also wrote a Hellboy novel with a wizard called Hazred, The Lost Army. It can't be the same one from the Cthulhu Mythos because his history is different, but maybe it was the Hellboyverse version of the character. The novels Golden wrote are actually considered canon with the comics.